General Motors Corp, the world’s largest automaker, has recently unveiled the production version of the Chevrolet Volt, thus creating a new class of vehicles dubbed Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV). Unlike many other hybrid cars, the Chevy Volt uses electricity to ...

Scientists from Penn State University have designed the future of refrigerators and other cooling devices through magnetic field refrigeration. The investigation pertaining to electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric polymers might remove electrically powered refrigerators and their compressors and ...

The German Company Divio GmbH recently unveiled a new concept-vehicle named Easy-Glider X6. Although the new vehicle looks a bit like a strange hybrid between a scooter and a SegWay, Divio is promoting it as a truly unique creative vehicle. ...

Tidal power has recently been harnessed to generate electricity. Verdant Power and Pelamis Wave Power are two companies which have developed technologies that can take advantage of the oceans’ kinetic energy in order to create electricity. The companies have already ...

Carlos Ghosn, President of the French-Japanese car manufacturer “Renault-Nissan”, and Shai Agassi, an American-Israeli entrepreneur and former CEO of the software giant “SAP AG”, have recently signed an agreement of collaboration. In the agreement, the two agreed upon a plan ...

The Chinese Company Pearl-Hydrogen has developed a new type of fuel-cell powered bicycles. The 32kg (70pounds) bike has a 180W motor and a range of 60 kilometers (37 miles). The bike has a maximum speed of about 25km/h (15mph) and ...

An Omni-Directional technology, initially patented by a Swedish inventor and sold to the U.S. Navy, is now driving a revolutionary type of electric powered lift capable of ultimate maneuverability in all directions. The Sidewinder is a new concept of a ...

Last month, a 22-year old Chinese welder died as a result of the explosion of his mobile phone. This was the first fatal accident of this sort, caused by overheated batteries. The initial investigation showed that the phone battery had ...

The search for new energy sources and for the most efficient ways of using the existing ones is evidently becoming crucial in today’s machinery-driven world. It seems now that British scientists have successfully made use of an additional source of ...